Comparison of two self report questionnaires for depressive symptoms detection in pregnant women

Authors

  • Nelly Lam Investigador del Instituto de Investigaciones Clínicas. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú. Miembro del Programa Permanente de Capacitación para la Atención Integral de las Víctimas de Violencia. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Hans Contreras Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Elizabeth Mori Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Fátima Cuesta Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • César Gutiérrez Departamento Académico de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Miluska Neyra Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Enrique Gil Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.
  • Giulianna Córdova Sociedad Estudiantil para el Fomento de la Investigación y las Neurociencias (SEFIN). Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Perú.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v70i1.983

Keywords:

Symptoms, depression, pregnancy, postpartum.

Abstract

Objective: To determine the ability of two self-report questionnaires to detect depressive symptoms in the same pregnant women population. Design: Analytic, observational, cross sectional study. Setting: Instituto Nacional Materno Perinatal de Lima, Peru. Participants: Three hundred and seven pregnant women with no psychiatric history diagnosis attended during May-June 2008. Instruments: Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) and Beck depression inventory (BDI-II). Results: Both scales had high average: 11,36 for EPDS (range: 0-26) and 15,96 for BDI-II (range 0-47). Internal consistencies were high (Cronbach’s alpha for EPDS was 0,826 and 0,815 for BDI-II). The Pearson correlation coefficient between both questionnaires was 0,541 (p<0,001). Conclusions: The study shows that both Edinburgh postnatal depression scale and beck depression inventory present high internal consistency and acceptable correlation. High averages found would show high probability in finding a depressive disorder in the mothers studied. Consequently we suggest a routine mental disorder screening at the Unidad de Medicina Fetal (Department of Fetal Medicine).

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Published

2009-03-16

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Vol. 70 No. 1 (2009)

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Copyright (c) 2009 Nelly Lam, Hans Contreras, Elizabeth Mori, Fátima Cuesta, César Gutiérrez, Miluska Neyra, Enrique Gil, Giulianna Córdova

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Lam N, Contreras H, Mori E, Cuesta F, Gutiérrez C, Neyra M, et al. Comparison of two self report questionnaires for depressive symptoms detection in pregnant women. An Fac med [Internet]. 2009 Mar. 16 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];70(1):28-32. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/983